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Planning staff previews Central Corridor plan and opens public comment on Transit Center District Plan DEIR
Summary
Planning staff updated commissioners on the Central Corridor planning initiative—outreach, draft land‑use and urban‑form principles favoring transit‑oriented office and diverse housing—and opened the public hearing on the Transit Center District Plan DEIR, which identifies potentially significant unavoidable impacts (aesthetics, historic resources, transportation, noise, air quality, shadow) and extends the public comment period to Nov. 28.
Planning Department staff presented progress on two major planning efforts at the Nov. 3 meeting: an informational update on the Central Corridor planning process and the public hearing on the draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Transit Center District Plan and a proposed Transit Tower.
Central Corridor: Staff summarized outreach undertaken since February, including stakeholder meetings, walking tours and a multi‑day storefront charrette that solicited Chinese‑ and Tagalog‑language input. Early land‑use principles emphasize transit‑oriented growth, clustering office and…
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